Teens arrested in verbal altercation at high school
Five Del Rio High School student athletes and a mother voiced concerns at the San Felipe district board meeting over her daughter’s arrest for disorderly conduct after a verbal altercation at the high school. Officials said the girls refused to stop arguing, leading to arrest and five hours in custody. The mother plans a suit while parents discussed the reassignment of Coach Larry Skinner, and the district said it is seeking a new basketball coach.
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San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
del Rio High School
Val Verde County
Randall Remaley
Queen's
Larry Skinner
Remaley
Sellers
Break-ins reported at Bordelon residence in Val Verde County
Neighbors reported two possible break-ins at the Vega Verde home of murder defendant Glenn Bordelon. Bordelon, 52, awaiting trial on murder and attempted murder charges, cannot visit the residence due to bond conditions. The incidents were logged April 20 and May 2 by the Val Verde County Sheriffs Office. no items listed as missing. Neighbor Tommy Vick Jr. said the residence was breached between 5:30 p.m. April 19 and 5:30 p.m. April 20, with unknown intruders and items possibly taken.
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Vega Verde
Glenn Patrick Bordelon
Val Verde County
Bordelon
Fred Hernandez
63Rd Judicial District
Hernandez
Tommy Vick Jr
Jesse Nava
Nava
Vick
Grand jury to probe Roloff Homes abuse this week
A Nueces County grand jury will review ongoing abuse claims at Roloff Homes including two 17 and 18 year old boys who allege being tied together and herded through thorn thickets. They describe beatings and forced labor under Lighthouse superintendent Allen Smith and Rev Wiley Cameron, founder of the Roloff homes. Smith faces two felony counts of unlawful restraint with injury. The case highlights discipline versus abuse claims as authorities pursue further hearings.
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Houston
Nueces County
Allen Smith
Lighthouse
Wiley Cameron
Lester Roloff
Corpus Christi
Cameron
People’s Baptist Church
Homes Operat
Houston Chronicle
Mike Lawrance
Smith
Texas
Grant Jones
Teresa Calalay
Conyers, Ga
Justin Simons
Local church to take stand against media violence
Del Rio's First United Methodist Church hosts an introductory community seminar on media violence from 6 to 8 pm led by Rev. Judith Sellers. The session surveys television from cartoons to modern dramas, urging parents and caregivers to reduce violent viewing and consider new home viewing options.
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del Rio
Sellers
UMC
Ports-to-Plains public meeting kicks off study series
The Texas Department of Transportation hosts an open house from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. presentation and 7:30 p.m. public comment for the Ports-to-Plains corridor study from the Texas Mexico border to Denver. Events run in Queen City San Angelo Lubbock Clayton Lamar Greenwood Village with multiple ways to submit input.
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Txdot
Texas
Mexico
Denver
Colo
Queen City
San Angelo
Lubbock
Clayton
N.M
Lamar
P.O. Box
Houston
Wilbursmith
Five rescued after biplane sinks at North Pole
Five travelers led by Dick Rutan were rescued after their Russian-designed An-2 biplane sank through ice near the North Pole. They flew to Eureka Nunavut on a commercial plane and will be transported to Alaska. No injuries reported.
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Alaska
Dick Rutan
North Pole
Coast Guard
Eureka
Nunavut
Canada
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Greenland
Kevin Dunn
Rutan
Mojave
Calif
Fairbanks
Spitsbergen
Norway
Lee Wareham
Dunn
Wareham
Walt Parker
Deadhorse
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